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6PrepRoomEquipment.pptxTECHNICAL
ORIENTATION
OF EMBALMING
EQUIPMENT
1. Pressure or centrifugal force machine
-a motorized injector used to create positive pressure as required in vascular embalming
2. Hydroaspirator
-a type of preparation room equipment consisting of a suction device which uses water pressure to create a vacuum for removing liquid materials from the body.
3. Electric aspirator
-electrical suction devise which creates a vacuum to remove liquid materials from the body.
4. Gravity percolator/Gravity bottle
- a method of creating injection pressure which consists of a bottle with tubing attached, that is suspended at a desired distance above the point of injection.
0.43 lbs. per foot
5. Hand pump
-a hand operated, double action pneumatic pump which is used to create pressure for embalming purposes and aspiration.
6. Bulb syringe
- a method of creating injection pressure that consists of a bulb type syringe and rubber tubing.
6. Bulb syringe
7. Electric spatula/tissue reducer
- used to reduce swelling of the deceased by the application of heat.
- It will also dry moist tissue and smooth out facial wrinkles.
8. Hair dryer
- equipment used to dry the hair of the deceased
-there are also those made specifically for mortuary use
9. Body lift
-preparation room equipment which is designed to eliminate the physical strain of moving caskets and bodies by hand.
Casket Lift
-preparation room equipment which is designed to eliminate the physical strain of moving caskets and bodies by hand.
10. Sterilizers
Sterilization = the complete destruction of all living organisms, including cells, viable spores, and viruses.
a) Dry heat -burning with flame -baking in an oven
b) Chemical - most are not completely effective.
-work well as disinfectants
c) Moist heat - not always effective
-used under pressure (like a pressure cooker) -becomes very effective -such as an autoclave
11. Positioning devices
-preparation room equipment for properly positioning bodies on the embalming table
Any positioning device used to prop up or position an area of the body is known as a Body Bridge.
12. Tables
a) Embalming-preparation room equipment on which human remains are placed for the embalming procedure.
b) Dressing-preparation room equipment which is specifically designed for the dressing of the deceased.
13. Refrigeration unit
-a device used to keep a dead human body cool enough to inhibit bacterial activity.
-a device used to continually flush the eyes with cool water for at least 15 minutes.
14. Eyewash equipment
-OSHA required safety device for a release of a copious amount of water in a short time.
15. Quick wash shower
-a container used to dispose of all sharp and pointed objects used during preparation.
16. Sharps container
-a container used to dispose of all potentially bio-hazardous material.
17. Bio-hazardous waste container
-an air movement system that will effectively change the air in the preparation room to keep the formaldehyde levels below those specified by OSHA.
18. Exhaust system
ACCESSORY
MATERIALS
-chemicals which inactivate saprophytic bacteria, render unsuitable for nutrition the media upon which such bacteria thrive and which will arrest decomposition by altering the enzymes of the body as well as converting the decomposable tissues into a form much less susceptible to decomposition.
1. Preservative embalming chemicals/Preservatives
-embalming chemicals which are used on discolored areas of the body and are intended to remove the discolorations or at least lessen the intensity of the discoloration.
2. Bleaches
-embalming chemicals which are used to destroy or inhibit most pathogenic bacteria and their products in or on the body, preparation room, instru- ments, as well as the individual performing the embalming operation.
3. Disinfectant chemicals
-a compound used to provide a barrier or seal against any type of leakage of fluid or blood.
4. Sealers
-External - usually liquids, sprays, or creams used by coating over sutured incisions.
-Internal - powders, liquids, sprays, and creams used by coating over raw incisions, wounds, in cavities, or on pinpoint leakage.
-a compound, usually of a disinfectant nature, used to effectively clean the remains and for post-procedure (terminal) disinfection by the operator.
5. Soaps
-the part of a solution that is always present in the greater amount and the medium in which the solute is dissolved
6. Solvents
-chemicals which are used in the preparation room to remove stains from the body, a cleanser for cosmetic brushes, a spot remover and a thinning agent.
-preparation room supply that is used for cotton swabs, as a padding material, etc. There are two different types used -rolled and towel form.
7. Cotton
-preparation room equipment which is used with the embalming machine, aspiration procedures, water hoses, etc. -It is available in rubber and plastic form.
8. Tubing
-a preparation room item which is placed between the eyelids and the eyeball of the deceased to keep the eyelids closed and to give them a natural contour.
9. Eyecaps
-a device used as a means of fastening the calvarium after a cranial autopsy.
10. Calvarium clamps
-preparation room item which is inserted into trocar punctures.
11. Trocar buttons
-preparation room supplies which are used to support the lips and give the deceased's mouth a normal contour when the deceased does not have natural teeth or dentures.
12. Mouth formers
-a preparation room supply used to cover particular areas of the body to collect any leakage that may occur.
13. Plastic goods
-preparation room item used with suturing needles to suture cuts and incisions.
14. Suture/ligature
-a preparation aid used in mouth closure. It is inserted into a needle injector and forced into the mandible and maxilla.
15. Injector needles
-a material used to close incisions and wounds. -works especially well on jagged tears in the skin.
16. Adhesives
-a material used to close incisions and wounds. -works especially well on jagged tears in the skin.
16. Adhesives
-preparation room materials used on cases where the lips and/or eyelids are difficult to close properly.
17. Lip and lid cement
-preparation room materials used on cases where the lips and/or eyelids are difficult to close properly.
17. Lip and lid cement
-preparation room materials used on cases where the lips and/or eyelids are difficult to close properly.
17. Lip and lid cement
